Sentences with phrase «for elected county officials»

Another would create an eight - year term limit for elected county officials.

As a result, I will be introducing a new resolution this week calling for term limits for all elected county officials.

I'm opposed to salary increases for elected county officials.

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Elected and law enforcement officials — from Mr. Trump to the Broward County sheriff — have ramped up their demands for expanded authority over the mentally ill who pose a danger.

State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has asked Madison and Dane County leaders for records of their communications with Kraft Heinz officials — the latest round in a blame game between elected officials for the planned closure of Madison's Oscar Mayer plant.

Sitting across from the curator of the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, Michael Formento, a DuPage County Forest Preserve District commissioner, on Thursday posed a question rare for an elected official.

Oneida County corrections officers and elected officials protested the shut down of their local facility earlier this week and called for Cuomo to explain why he had singled it out.

«There was talk about this, about Milstein buying the Bills and building a stadium in Niagara Falls on all this land that he's illegally held onto for ten years because the idiot elected officials up there in Niagara County let him.

In other words, he's going to be VERY hard to beat — especially for two little - known Republicans, one of whom is a freshman elected official from Nassau County, and another who has made a living counseling candidates but never running himself.

Dyster is the only elected official from Niagara County on the committee but he isn't feeling pressure to advocate for the region.

At 2:45 p.m., Broome County Executive Jason Garnar and local elected officials join the Broome County Dog Shelter and the Binghamton Devils for an announcement, Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena, i Stuart St., Binghamton.

The Albany County Legislature will vote on a measure tonight that would bar elected officials» relatives from being hired to work for the cCounty Legislature will vote on a measure tonight that would bar elected officials» relatives from being hired to work for the countycounty.

Also at 1 p.m., Westchester County Executive George Latimer joins County Legislator Catherine Borgia, local elected officials, Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester and vice president of the Westchester County Association Amy Allen for a tour of the Sing Sing Prison Museum Site, 190 - 194 Westerly Rd., Ossining.

James McClelland, a strategist who worked as a campaign consultant for Sasson during the beginning stages of his campaign, said that money could not overcome the resources a longtime elected official like Stavisky, with the backing of the Queens County Democratic Organization, has at her disposal.

The Queens District Attorney's Office has resisted any calls for substantive criminal justice system reform, because no elected official dares to stand up to District Attorney Brown or the powerful Democratic Party county committee that supports him.

Three elected officials joined an environmental group Monday in calling on the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation to revoke or suspend an essential permit for a natural gas power plant in Orange County.

ALBANY — For years, many Westchester County residents and elected officials clamored forFor years, many Westchester County residents and elected officials clamored forfor...

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County CommitteElected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County CommitOfficials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committeelected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Commitofficials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

«Sadly, we're getting confronted with public officials who are alleged to have abused their positions of trust, in this case the highest - ranking elected official in Nassau County and in the Town of Oyster Bay, for their own corrupt benefit, thereby abusing the public trust,» Robert L. Capers, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a news conference.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced continued widespread support from federal, state and county legislators as well as other former and current elected officials, community and business leaders for current plans to build a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee.

File photo: Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski is in favor of a salary freeze for county elected offiCounty Legislator Al Krupski is in favor of a salary freeze for county elected officounty elected officials.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With Assemblyman Mickey Kearns winning the special election for Erie County Clerk, some current elected officials in South Buffalo are already exploring the possibility of replacing him in the Assembly.

The new law stems from a simmering political back and forth between county officials, which has led to the law that will limit outside income for certain elected officials.

Marc Molinaro, the Republican county executive of Dutchess County who is mulling a potential run for governor in 2018, did what few elected officials in New York dare to do: call out Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mishandling thcounty executive of Dutchess County who is mulling a potential run for governor in 2018, did what few elected officials in New York dare to do: call out Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mishandling thCounty who is mulling a potential run for governor in 2018, did what few elected officials in New York dare to do: call out Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mishandling the MTA.

Proposals from Erie County's Salary Review Commission for substantial pay raises for four of the county's top elected officials crashed and burned unanimously on the floor of the Legislature Thursday afteCounty's Salary Review Commission for substantial pay raises for four of the county's top elected officials crashed and burned unanimously on the floor of the Legislature Thursday aftecounty's top elected officials crashed and burned unanimously on the floor of the Legislature Thursday afternoon.

Both Curran and Maragos made anti-corruption reforms a central campaign platform, proposing term limits for county elected officials, tighter contracting oversight and limits or bans on contractor campaign contributions.

Erie County has their first new ethics law for elected officials in 30 years.

Neighborhood organization presidents like Warren Schreiber and Devon O» Connor including CB11 Chair Jerry Iannece, as well as every elected official from Congresswoman Grace Meng to District Leader Mary Ann Dorsa (including the entire Queens County Democratic Organization) have all endorsed Paul Vallone as the best choice for District 19.

Cooper, a former Suffolk County legislator, made his mark in presidential politics in the 2008 election when he was the first elected official on Long Island to declare his support for Barack Obama despite the widespread New York support for Clinton.

Curran's team to recommend candidates for top county posts consists of 35 people, including Republican and Democratic elected officials, developers, philanthropists, union presidents, and leaders of local universities, hospitals, religious institutions and nonprofits.

The Erie County Legislature establishes standard work days for your elected and appointed officials by adopting a resolution.

Suburban elected officials — including Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano — were also tapped for the committee.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

After heated debate among lawmakers — with one leaving the room prior to the vote — the Albany County Legislature defeated a resolution that would have barred elected officials» relatives from being hired to work for the cCounty Legislature defeated a resolution that would have barred elected officials» relatives from being hired to work for the countycounty.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County legislators appear unlikely to vote on raises for elected officials, including themselves, after a heated discussion in the Ways and Means Committee Friday morning.

Luckily we have extraordinary elected officials in the state of New York and we have extraordinary County Executives who I have had the pleasure to work with through these storms and I would like to at this time recognize Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente for really working above and beyond the call of duty and doing extraordinary work for the people of their counties, thank you gentlemen.

«The Majority Caucus opposes the Citizens Salary Review Commission's recommended salary increase for elected officials in Erie County.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In the Onondaga County Legislature's first meeting of the new year, one member attempted to revisit a heated issue from 2015: Salary raises for elected officials.

Representatives for Babylon, North Hempstead and Suffolk County said those municipalities printed elected officials» names on signs.

Jack Martins, the GOP candidate for Nassau County executive, on Thursday pressed for passage of a November ballot proposition to amend the state constitution to allow judges to revoke pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption.

Cook County Democratic officials elected Toni Preckwinkle chairman of their party Wednesday, cheering her takeover as a new day for an old machine.

Suffolk County legislators voted Wednesday to suspend automatic cost - of - living pay raises for themselves and other elected county officials for the next five County legislators voted Wednesday to suspend automatic cost - of - living pay raises for themselves and other elected county officials for the next five county officials for the next five years.

Last week, both elected officials and the public learned from an article in the local paper that the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA) «announced plans to stop single - stream, or commingled, recyclables in 2019 and proposed doubling the fees for single - stream loads until the new policy was in place.»

99th Assembly District (Stony Point and parts of Orange County) Stony Point residents need an Assembly representative who will be there for them, constantly attentive, in the community, and able to work alongside local elected officials to better meet their needs.

In January, Curran won the Nassau party committee's backing for the county executive race and Nassau Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs said «virtually every elected official» would support the ticket.

Nassau's elected officials — Republican and Democrat — have sent government mailings over the years that blame the other political party for tax increases or other county problems while boasting, sometimes inaccurately, about their own records.

Former Erie County and City of Buffalo elected official Joel Giambra, longtime State Senator John DeFrancisco and former Housing Commissioner for the Pataki Administration Joe Holland took turns criticizing Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion program, an energy policy that bans hydrofracking, the state's taxes and regulations, ethical troubles in Albany and education policies including the Excelsior program.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

It is especially important for infrastructure projects: the public has little patience with the county doing something one week and the town doing something another week, when it could have been coordinated with a bit of effort and communication among the elected officials and crews.